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1. Why MBA, Why Oxford, Why Now 2. Describe what you do on a daily basis in your current role 3. Are there specific electives/courses at Oxford that you’re particularly interested in 4. Describe your short term goal. How can Oxford help you secure your goal? 5. What’s your leadership style? How would your colleagues describe you? (This seems like a recurring theme) 6. Describe a time when you had to deal with a difficult colleague. 7. Have you researched the OBNs and clubs at the different colleges? What are your extracurricular activities? (Although she did give a caveat that it’s ok if I hadn’t researched on the clubs)
- why Oxford - why an MBA - talk me through your CV - why have you left a particular job - what is your leadership style (a follow up to something I'd said in the above question)
1) When did you decide on pursuing an MBA and what would you like to gain through an MBA program? 2) Which other schools have you applied to? 3) Why Oxford? 4) Have you aligned your current company on your MBA plan? Follow-up question – What would be your manager’s reaction to your MBA plan? 5) Why are you considering the management consulting firms that you listed in your application? 6) What networks do you have in those firms? 7) Talk more about what you plan to do between now and the time you join those firms to boost your chances? 8) Tell me about a time when you used your communication skills 9) Talk about a time when you failed in a team environment. What did you do to overcome it? 10) Which Oxford alumni have you interacted with during your research?
1) Tell me about yourself? 2) Why Said? 3) What would you add to said? 4) Long term-short term goal? Which companies are you looking for in a particular sector? 5) Recent achievements? 6) Challenges? 7 ) Circumstance when you convince someone? 8) Something negative which your manager would say about you? 9) What skills do you expect to gain in the next 1 year? 10) How will your friends describe you?
Why MBA? Why Now? Why SBS? A brief of career progression What will I bring to the table as an Oxford MBA cohort that is unique An example of where I faced difficulty in work and when I faced disagreement.
1. Why do you want to do your MBA at Oxford? 2. Why do you want to do an MBA? 3. What skills do you think you will gain from the MBA? 4. What skills make you unique and will help you in what you want to do as a future career? 5. How would you deal with a difficult situation (re: work-wise)? 6. What do negative attributes do you think your references put in their letter/ areas they recommended for improvement?
Why Oxford and what sets the institution apart from other Universities? Why an MBA? Why now? Why do you need the programme, what do you think the programme would help in? Explain your post-MBA career? What if your plan A doesn’t work, what would you do? What will you bring to the team/cohort? Have you met or spoken to any alumni from the programme? What creative solution have you come up with to improve a situation? Major setback and how did you respond? If you were a superhero, what power would you have and why?
1. Why do you think its the right timing to pursue MBA? 2. Why Oxford? 2-5. What is your goal? 3. Working with people who are not happy with what they need to do 4. The challenge I faced when working with other companies 5. What information do you need to make a decision? 6. How do you deal with two opposite ideas from two different people in one team 7. Experience of person disliking or disagreeing with your idea, how did you deal with it? 8. The most memorable achievement in a professional career
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